Grand Rapids, Michigan Sunset Time Today
Grand Rapids sunset and sunrise times, golden hour, blue hour, and how your daylight is changing
Grand Rapids, MI · Sunset & sunrise today
Sunset 7:41 PM Sunrise 7:28 AM
12h 13m of daylight, −3m shorter than yesterday.
Tomorrow in Grand Rapids · Tue, Sep 22
Sunrise tomorrow: 7:29 AM · Sunset tomorrow: 7:39 PM
Sunrise 1 minute later than today · sunset 2 minutes earlier than today
In Grand Rapids, the sun rises at 7:29 AM tomorrow and sets at 7:39 PM.
Golden hour & blue hour today
Morning
Golden hour7:28 AM – 8:07 AM
Blue hour7:01 AM – 7:28 AM
Evening
Golden hour7:06 PM – 7:41 PM
Blue hour7:41 PM – 8:12 PM
Golden hour: the sun between the horizon and 6° up. Blue hour: civil twilight, down to 6° below the horizon.
Sunrise time in Grand Rapids
The sun rises in Grand Rapids at 7:28 AM today and at 7:29 AM tomorrow (1 minute later than today).
First light comes before the sun itself: civil twilight — the blue-hour glow already bright enough to see by — begins at 7:01 AM.
For photographers, the morning golden hour — the warm, low-angle light until the sun climbs 6° — runs from 7:28 AM to 8:07 AM.
Sunrise & sunset this week
| Day | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 7:28 AM | 7:41 PM | 12h 13m |
| Tue, Sep 22 | 7:29 AM | 7:39 PM | 12h 10m |
| Wed, Sep 23 | 7:31 AM | 7:37 PM | 12h 6m |
| Thu, Sep 24 | 7:32 AM | 7:36 PM | 12h 4m |
| Fri, Sep 25 | 7:33 AM | 7:34 PM | 12h 1m |
| Sat, Sep 26 | 7:34 AM | 7:32 PM | 11h 58m |
| Sun, Sep 27 | 7:35 AM | 7:30 PM | 11h 55m |
Grand Rapids daylight month by month
The 1st of each month in 2026, in local time.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8:15 AM | 5:19 PM | 9h 4m |
| Feb | 7:58 AM | 5:55 PM | 9h 57m |
| Mar | 7:20 AM | 6:32 PM | 11h 13m |
| Apr | 7:25 AM | 8:09 PM | 12h 43m |
| May | 6:37 AM | 8:44 PM | 14h 6m |
| Jun | 6:07 AM | 9:15 PM | 15h 8m |
| Jul | 6:08 AM | 9:26 PM | 15h 18m |
| Aug | 6:34 AM | 9:05 PM | 14h 31m |
| Sep | 7:08 AM | 8:19 PM | 13h 11m |
| Oct | 7:40 AM | 7:26 PM | 11h 45m |
| Nov | 7:18 AM | 5:36 PM | 10h 19m |
| Dec | 7:55 AM | 5:10 PM | 9h 15m |
Grand Rapids’s longest and shortest days
From 15h 21m of daylight on June 21, 2026 to 9h 0m on December 21, 2026.
| Solar landmark | Date (2026) | Daylight |
|---|---|---|
| Longest day | Jun 21 | 15h 21m |
| Spring equinox | Mar 20 | 12h 8m |
| Fall equinox | Sep 22 | 12h 11m |
| Shortest day | Dec 21 | 9h 0m |
How fast Grand Rapids gains and loses daylight
Daily rate at mid-month; net change across the month.
| Month | Daily rate | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | gaining 1m 40s a day | +52m |
| Feb | gaining 2m 44s a day | +1h 16m |
| Mar | gaining 2m 57s a day | +1h 31m |
| Apr | gaining 2m 48s a day | +1h 23m |
| May | gaining 2m 6s a day | +1h 2m |
| Jun | gaining 25s a day | +10m |
| Jul | losing 1m 29s a day | −47m |
| Aug | losing 2m 34s a day | −1h 20m |
| Sep | losing 2m 53s a day | −1h 26m |
| Oct | losing 2m 50s a day | −1h 27m |
| Nov | losing 2m 11s a day | −1h 3m |
| Dec | losing 29s a day | −11m |
Grand Rapids golden hour & blue hour by season
The same altitude-based windows as today’s card, at each solstice and equinox.
| Season | Evening gold | Evening blue | Morning gold | Morning blue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring equinox | 7:18–7:55 PM | 7:55–8:23 PM | 7:47–8:24 AM | 7:19–7:47 AM |
| Summer solstice | 8:43–9:26 PM | 9:26–10:01 PM | 6:04–6:48 AM | 5:29–6:04 AM |
| Fall equinox | 7:04–7:42 PM | 7:42–8:10 PM | 7:31–8:08 AM | 7:02–7:31 AM |
| Winter solstice | 4:25–5:12 PM | 5:12–5:44 PM | 8:11–8:58 AM | 7:39–8:11 AM |
Daylight saving time in Grand Rapids
Clocks move an hour; the daylight doesn’t change.
| Clock change | Date (2026) | UTC offset |
|---|---|---|
| Spring forward | Sun, Mar 8 | UTC−4 |
| Fall back | Sun, Nov 1 | UTC−5 |
Why sunset time shifts in Grand Rapids
Sunset drifts through the year with Earth’s ~23.4° axial tilt — see the full daylight explainer.
In Grand Rapids, the longest day carries about 15h 21m of daylight and the shortest just 9h 0m — a swing of roughly 6h 21m between the June and December solstices. The farther a place sits from the equator, the wider that gap; the pace also isn’t steady, moving fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the solstices. Every figure here is computed from the sun’s position for Grand Rapids’s exact coordinates, in local time.
Frequently asked
- When is the earliest and latest sunset in Grand Rapids?
- Grand Rapids's earliest sunset in 2026 is 5:09 PM around December 9, 12 days before the shortest day. The latest is 9:26 PM around June 27, 6 days after the longest day. Both are local clock times.
- How much daylight does Grand Rapids get on the longest and shortest days?
- Grand Rapids gets about 15h 21m of daylight on the longest day, June 21, 2026, and 9h 0m on the shortest, December 21, 2026: a swing of 6h 21m.
- When is golden hour in Grand Rapids?
- Near the June solstice, Grand Rapids's evening golden hour runs 8:43–9:26 PM and the morning one 6:04–6:48 AM. Near the December solstice they run 4:25–5:12 PM and 8:11–8:58 AM. Golden hour here is the time the sun spends between the horizon and 6° up.
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